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Help me place this actor??

863 replies

SchrodingersMouse · 28/10/2021 19:21

I saw him on a train. Can’t for the life of me remember who he is.

He’s a British tv actor, probably in his 50s or early 60s. Grey hair, used to be blonde. Piercing blue eyes. Often plays a hero/ love interest type role.

a bit like Greg wise but shorter!

I feel sure he was in a Sunday night drama or a soap or something but I can’t find him online! It’s driving me mad!

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secretbookcase · 28/10/2021 22:15

Is it Marc Warren? Used to be in Hustle or Hustlers - that show about con artists. Looks like this:

Help me place this actor??
AmDillDandin · 28/10/2021 22:14

It wasn't this guy was it?

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Cuck00soup · 28/10/2021 22:11

@Polmuggle

Dan Stevens? Guy from Downton Abbey
That’s my guess too
LandGirlJudy · 28/10/2021 22:11

@catfunk

Why are people posting young men with black hair - the complete OPPOSITE Grin
The same reason they’re saying loads of Southern actors even though OP said northern accent
soundsg00d · 28/10/2021 22:11

Andrew Buchan ?

rosegoldwatcher · 28/10/2021 22:08

James Purefoy?

Whatinthelord · 28/10/2021 22:06

You sure he doesn’t just work in the local Tesco, so that’s why he looks familiar.

GreySweater · 28/10/2021 22:04

Any of these four?

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Trinidading3 · 28/10/2021 22:04

Daniel Craig aka 007
Pierce Bronson aka 007
Christopher GuardGrin

freshcarnation · 28/10/2021 22:04

Les Dennis? Smile

SisterJude · 28/10/2021 22:03

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CheesyChipsOnWembleyWay · 28/10/2021 22:03

This thread reminds me of this

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YES!!!!!

MrsMadderRose · 28/10/2021 22:02

Peter Mullan

woodhill · 28/10/2021 22:01

He likes to sing the feme toone

GreySweater · 28/10/2021 22:01

Any of these four?



Ducksurprise · 28/10/2021 22:00

@woodhill

Dennis Waterman😂
Grin wite the feme toon, sing the feme toon. Grin
midnightpopcorn · 28/10/2021 22:00

Jason Flemyng?

Snazzysausage · 28/10/2021 21:59

Robert Beck?
He did used to be in Emmerdale and before that Brookside

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Plump82 · 28/10/2021 21:58

@woodhill

Dennis Waterman😂
He was who I thought of but couldn't remember his name.
woodhill · 28/10/2021 21:56

Dennis Waterman😂

SiobhanSharpe · 28/10/2021 21:55

Yeah, sorry, missed the bit about his age..
But the PP who suggested Charles Dance -- he's extremely tall, 6'3" or thereabouts.

TaraR2020 · 28/10/2021 21:55

@TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross

Wetting myself laughing at this thread!

OP gives some pretty clear parameters of this bloke’s height/age/hair colour and the type of TV programme he appears in.

Cue hundreds of wildly random guesses, including the 39 year old, 6 ft, brown-haired Dan Stevens, and the 31 year old, 5ft 9, brown-haired Hollywood film star Taron Egerton.

On that note I'd like to suggest Laurence Olivier
woodhill · 28/10/2021 21:54

@MerchSwyddEfrog

Peter Davison? He was in All Creatures Great and Small and Doctor Who.
He's tall too😁
TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 28/10/2021 21:54

Michael Praed

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marthamydear · 28/10/2021 21:54

Jason Watkins?